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Smoking Red - The Red Arrows and more - a life on the wing (Paperback): Wyndham Ward Smoking Red - The Red Arrows and more - a life on the wing (Paperback)
Wyndham Ward
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Crazy As Hell - The Story of the Transformation of Christopher Newport University (Hardcover): Ellen Vaughn Crazy As Hell - The Story of the Transformation of Christopher Newport University (Hardcover)
Ellen Vaughn
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Honoring Anna (Paperback): Douglas Hoff Honoring Anna (Paperback)
Douglas Hoff
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The John and Ntombi Story (Paperback): John Carneson The John and Ntombi Story (Paperback)
John Carneson
R230 R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Save R17 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
The Warrior - Rafael Nadal And His Kingdom Of Clay (Paperback): Christopher Clarey The Warrior - Rafael Nadal And His Kingdom Of Clay (Paperback)
Christopher Clarey
R470 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R105 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An intimate, original biography of tennis legend Rafael Nadal, and the first to cover his entire career.

After his award-winning look at Roger Federer, Christopher Clarey, one of the world's pre-eminent tennis writers, focuses his lens on Nadal, the Spanish force of nature. When he arrived on the scene in 2005, the record for men's singles titles at the French Open stood at six. Nadal more than doubled that total to a mind-blowing fourteen titles: one of the greatest sporting achievements in history.

Nadal won big and won often on all of tennis's surfaces: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and six on the US Open and Australian Open hard courts. But clay, the grittiest of the game's playgrounds, is where it all came together best for his whipping forehand and warrior mindset.

Clarey, who has covered Nadal since he was seventeen, draws on interviews over twenty years with Nadal, his team and rivals like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Brimming with behind-the-scenes insight, The Warrior tells the story of a global sporting icon, interlacing man and place in a unique, must-read account of the evolution of excellence.

Unrequited Infatuations - A Memoir (Paperback): Stevie Van Zandt Unrequited Infatuations - A Memoir (Paperback)
Stevie Van Zandt
R566 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Phenomenon of the Human Distress Pattern - Our only Real Enemy (Paperback): Micheline Mason The Phenomenon of the Human Distress Pattern - Our only Real Enemy (Paperback)
Micheline Mason
R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Talking to Strangers - The Adventures of a Life-Insurance Salesman (Hardcover): Peter Rosengard Talking to Strangers - The Adventures of a Life-Insurance Salesman (Hardcover)
Peter Rosengard
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"I became a life insurance salesman in London in May 1969, for the glamour, the fast cars, the groupies... the beautiful women who'd stop at nothing to buy life insurance. It's a very well-kept secret." Thus begins Peter Rosengard's extraordinary account of his life so far, and the endless adventures in which he made, lost and remade a fortune; founded London's famous Comedy Store, discovered and managed some of the greats in stand-up comedy; turned an unknown boy band into a chart-topping sensation; and sold the world's biggest life insurance policy in history, for $100m, which is still celebrated by the Guinness Book of Records. This is a book about "chutzpah," testament to a simple belief that "nothing is impossible."

The Front Runner - The Life Of Steve Prefontaine (Hardcover): Brendan O'Meara The Front Runner - The Life Of Steve Prefontaine (Hardcover)
Brendan O'Meara
R820 R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Save R143 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On the 50th anniversary of American Track and Field icon Steve Prefontaine’s tragic death comes an essential reappraisal of his life and legacy, a powerful work of narrative history exploring the forces and psychology that made Prefontaine great and separating the man from the myths.

In the fifty years since his tragic death in a car crash, Steve Prefontaine has towered over American distance running. One of the most recognizable and charismatic figures to ever run competitively in the United States, Prefontaine has endured as a source of inspiration and fascination—a talent who presaged the American running boom of the late 1970s and helped put Nike on the map as the brand’s first celebrity-athlete face.

Now on the anniversary of his untimely death, author Brendan O’Meara, host of the Creative Nonfiction podcast, offers a fresh, definitive retelling of Prefontaine’s life, revisiting one of the most enigmatic figures in American sports with a twenty-first-century lens. Through over a hundred and fifty original interviews with family, friends, teammates, and competitors, this long-overdue reappraisal of Prefontaine—the first such exhaustive treatment in almost thirty years—provides never-before-told stories about the unique talent, innovative mental strength, and personal struggles that shaped Prefontaine on and off the track. Bringing new depth to an athlete long eclipsed by his brash, aggressive running style and the heartbreak of his death at twenty-four, O’Meara finds the man inside the myth, scrutinizing a legacy that has shaped American sports culture for decades.

What emerges is a singular portrait of a distinctly American talent, a story written in the pines and firs of the Pacific Northwest back when running was more blue-collar love than corporate pursuit—the story of a runner whose short life casts a long, fast shadow.

The Trump Tapes - Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump (Paperback): Bob Woodward The Trump Tapes - Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump (Paperback)
Bob Woodward
R509 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world" -Jake Tapper, CNN "It was riveting. I couldn't get enough of it." -Gayle King, CBS Mornings The Trump Tapes explodes with the exclusive, inside story of Trump's performance as president-in his own words as he is questioned, even interrogated by Woodward, on the president's key responsibilities from managing foreign relations to crisis management of the coronavirus pandemic. This is the job Trump seeks again. How did he do the first time? This is the authentic answer, laying bare his repeated failures, obsessions, and grievances. The Woodward interviews take a reader to a reporter's laboratory meticulously examining the Trump presidency like never before-spellbinding and devastating. *Including all 27 letters between President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

From Little Acorns: a Story of Courage and Inspiration - An Autobiography by Graeme Whiting (Paperback): Graeme Whiting From Little Acorns: a Story of Courage and Inspiration - An Autobiography by Graeme Whiting (Paperback)
Graeme Whiting
R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen - THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (Paperback): Erin French Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen - THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (Paperback)
Erin French
R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Erin French, owner and chef of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, comes a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal and the pleasure of bringing joy to people through food. Erin French grew up barefoot on a farm, fell in love with food as a teenager working the line at her dad's diner and found her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant The Lost Kitchen, tucked into a 19th-century mill-now a world-renowned dining destination. In Finding Freedom in the Lost Kitchen, Erin tells her story of multiple rock-bottoms, from medical student to pregnant teen, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but ripped away her very sense of self. And of her son who became her guiding light as she slowly rebuilt her personal and culinary life around the solace she found in food-as a source of comfort, a sense of place, as a way of creating community and making something of herself, despite seemingly impossible odds. Set against the backdrop of rural Maine and its lushly intense, bountiful seasons, Erin French's rollercoaster memoir reveals struggles that have taken every ounce of her strength to overcome, and the passion and courage behind the fairytale success of The Lost Kitchen.

Playing off the Rail - A Pool Hustle (Paperback): David McCumber Playing off the Rail - A Pool Hustle (Paperback)
David McCumber
R497 R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Save R32 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At the age of 17, David McCumber was stricken with "road fever" that irresistible call to the itinerant life of a professional gambler. Twenty-two years later, he got the chance to follow that dream-not as a player but as the "stakehorse" (financial backer) for Tony Annigoni, a non-smoking, macrobiotic-eating "Renaissance Pool Hustler," student of Eastern religion, and master of the pure green-felt poetry of the dead stroke." With $27,000 in David's pocket they took off together on an astonishing four-month odyssey across America-traveling from seedy, hole-in-the-wall billiard parlors to high-class snooker rooms to high-tension pro tourneys, from Seattle to Miami and back again-exploring a shady twilight subculture and uniquely American mythos, in search of serious money, local glory...and the perfect hustle.

Pagan Art, Folk Art - Drawings, Paintings & Lino-Cuts of Karen Cater (Paperback): Karen Cater Pagan Art, Folk Art - Drawings, Paintings & Lino-Cuts of Karen Cater (Paperback)
Karen Cater; Illustrated by Karen Cater; Edited by Colin Cater; Foreword by Geraldine Beskin
R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
No One Asked for This - Essays (Paperback): Cazzie David No One Asked for This - Essays (Paperback)
Cazzie David
R513 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The American Legion Weekly, Vol. 8: June 4, 1926 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): American Legion National Headquarters The American Legion Weekly, Vol. 8: June 4, 1926 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
American Legion National Headquarters
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 102: July 4, 1940 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): James P Hill The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 102: July 4, 1940 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
James P Hill
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 101: October 19, 1939 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): Hugh B Brown The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 101: October 19, 1939 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
Hugh B Brown
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, Vol. 101: December 7, 1939 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): Hugh B Brown The Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, Vol. 101: December 7, 1939 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
Hugh B Brown
R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Verwoerd - So Onthou Ons Hom (Afrikaans, Hardcover, Hersiene Uitgawe): Wilhelm J. Verwoerd Verwoerd - So Onthou Ons Hom (Afrikaans, Hardcover, Hersiene Uitgawe)
Wilhelm J. Verwoerd
R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 In Stock

Watter soort mens was dr. H.F. Verwoerd, die sesde premier van die Unie van Suid-Afrika en grondlegger van die huidige Republiek? Die bydraers tot hierdie boek skryf op onderhoudende wyse oor hoe hulle hom onthou, wat hulle saam met hom beleef het en oor hulle opvatting van sy politieke oogmerke. Die persoonlike aard van die bydraes verleen ’n dimensie aan die boek wat in objektiewe geskiedskrywing ontbreek. Verwoerd tree te voorskyn as vriend, gesinsman, volksman, raadsman en leier. Hierdie bundel verskyn die eerste keer in 2001 by geleentheid van die 100ste herdenking van dr. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd se geboortedag, 8 September 1901. Die bygewerkte weergawe in 2016 bevat nuwe bydraes deur onder andere Elise Verwoerd, Cas Bakkes en Albert Hertzog.

The Diary of Jesus Christ (Paperback): Bill Cain The Diary of Jesus Christ (Paperback)
Bill Cain
R493 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Smashed in the USSR (Paperback): Caroline Walton, Ivan Petrov Smashed in the USSR (Paperback)
Caroline Walton, Ivan Petrov 1
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ivan Petrov was born in 1934 in the industrial town of Chapaevsk. His father was shot by Stalin as an 'enemy of the people', and Ivan was brought up by his mother and violent stepfather - both alcoholics, along with most of the rest of the town. By his early 20s, Ivan had also succumbed to the lure of the bottle. 'Smashed in the USSR' is his eye-opening, frequently eye-watering story.

Martin Crossley Evans Selected Writings and Tributes (Hardcover): Martin Crossley Evans Martin Crossley Evans Selected Writings and Tributes (Hardcover)
Martin Crossley Evans; Edited by A.R. Baker
R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Edge Of The Land 2022 - Memories of one person's enchantment with the coast (Hardcover): John Whittow The Edge Of The Land 2022 - Memories of one person's enchantment with the coast (Hardcover)
John Whittow
R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a book that takes the reader on a detailed tour of many of the shores of Britain and Ireland and explains the reasons for their remarkably different scenery. Why, for example, do the rocky coastlines of Western Scotland and Ireland contrast so markedly with the sandy beaches of East Anglia? It describes how the complex coastline of North Wales evolved over some seven million years and also traces the ways in which the human impact has changed all our coastlines from prehistoric times to the present day. Crumbling cliffs, stark headlands, coral beaches, shingle spits, sand dunes and salt marshes - all are here, as are stories of Gaelic speakers, fisherman's tales, saints and shipwrecks. One of the book's most distinctive features tells how the author took part in one of the National Trust's most successful initiatives, termed Enterprise Neptune; how it was conceived and how it has led to the acquisition of more than 775 miles of shoreline to be conserved for the nation in perpetuity. The book also explores how famous artists, writers, poets and composers have been inspired by coastal scenery to produce some of their most important works. And what does the future hold? What changes can we expect along our shores? The concluding chapters examine the escalating threats resulting from increasing human occupation and development and from the impact of climate change. They outline some of the ways in which the National Trust is responding to these challenges and how it is planning to manage our coastal environment for many years to come.

Killing Crazy Horse - The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Paperback): Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard Killing Crazy Horse - The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Paperback)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
R494 R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Killing Crazy Horse is the latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh's alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. Bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught history of our country's founding on already occupied lands, from General Andrew Jackson's brutal battles with the Creek Nation to President James Monroe's epic "sea to shining sea" policy, to President Martin Van Buren's cruel enforcement of a "treaty" that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O'Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the legends to reveal never-before-told historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America. This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock readers and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day.

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